Comments on: How I Graduated College With $100k… in Savings

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 20:03:12 +0000

In reply to Braden.

Nicely done man!

I’m not sure if Will is still in the blogging game or not (it’s been a few years since he posted this, and haven’t heard from him in a while?), but let me shoot him a note w/ the email I have on file for him and see if he’s interested in linking up. If he is, I’ll have him reach out :) (and if you don’t hear anything, it means he’s m.i.a. haha…)

Regardless though, keep on hustling!! I had about $5.00 to my name by the time I graduated college – hah.

By: Braden

Braden — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 20:06:22 +0000

Thanks for this post Will! Really impressive what you did there – I am graduating college with $50,000 and hope to be able to save at least 50% of my income (I’m married with one child, so expenses are a bit more)

Love hearing your story – very inspiring. Would love to connect with you sometime, if you’re up for that? Shoot me an email?

By: Will (author of the post)

Will (author of the post) — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:19:06 +0000

In reply to Steven. It's a long story which I should write a post about. But this gives you a hint... latch onto your professors. Make them like you. As with anyone, they will want their friends to do well. They will help you.

By: Will (author of the post)

Will (author of the post) — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:15:16 +0000

In reply to Laurie @thefrugalfarmer.

Tell her to go for it!!! I know it’s cliche but anything is possible! I would encourage her to create her own streams of income asap rather than working for others. Much of my $100k came from trading hours for money. That’s really not a great arrangement.

Has she read this post? I can email her if you’d like. I’m all about people getting started ASAP! :)

By: Will (author of the post)

Will (author of the post) — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 15:11:39 +0000

In reply to Myles Money.

85% sounds crazy until you put things into perspective. A percentage is meaningless in and of itself. The more money you make, the easier it is to achieve this rate. So if you want to save 85% it’s really just a matter of earning so much that it’s (fairly) easily attainable.

But I haven’t reached that point yet but I will soon. For now it’s a lot of focusing on income and living a frugal (yet enjoyable) life.

BTW, I don’t plan on inflating my lifestyle once I reach FI. My income increases each year but I still live like I did in college (I’m 25). That 85% number will grow.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:10:56 +0000

Wait,
How did you get your professors to get you A’s.
What did you exactly do to hack through college?
:)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:29:38 +0000

In reply to Laurie @thefrugalfarmer. Haha... a girl on a mission!

By: Laurie @thefrugalfarmer

Laurie @thefrugalfarmer — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:57:29 +0000

Motivating and entertaining as usual, Will. My oldest, who will be 15 soon, just came to the realization that her dream of moving out and buying a ranch comes with a huge price tag, and that achieving this by 18 is going to take a heck of a lot of work. As such, she’s become a saving machine in the last couple of months. I think I’ll show her this post so she knows what’s possible with hard work and smart savings. :-)

By: Myles Money

Myles Money — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 19:15:25 +0000

85% savings… holy hell, that’s insane! I’m aiming for retirement at 30 but it sounds as though you’ll be retired well before then. Kudos!

By: Will @ First Quarter Finance

Will @ First Quarter Finance — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 23:53:46 +0000

In reply to Marvin. Thank you for your service. I gained a lot of respect for the service men and women after serving on base that summer. I think there's too much mention of guns and tanks in the news and not about the amount of intelligence there is within each branch of the military. And it's PRACTICAL intelligence. Men and women are putting their intelligence to use by propelling the world forward. It's inspiring.